The 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show made its second-year return last night, live from the Brooklyn Navy Yard — and a lot was on the line.

After years of scandal and a stock price that’s dropped over 30% in less than a year, the brand desperately needed a win. While it delivered plenty of feathers and dramatic wings, it might not have been enough.

For the show to make a full recovery from its 2019 cancellation, due to declining ratings, backlash over its lack of diversity and the poor reception of its comeback show last year, the brand desperately needed this year’s show to resonate with viewers — and be a “rebirth” in a sense.

The verdict? Painfully divided. The discourse across social media ranges from people loving what they saw on their screens to others having multiple qua

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